SECTOR 2 in one trimester. In Côte d’Ivoire, press statistics are distributed by the Conseil National de la Presse (CNP) in line with article 39 of law no. 2004-643 of 14 December 2004 on the judicial regime of the media, which stipulates in paragraph 2: “the distribution officials avail the monthly turnover and sales of newspapers and written periodicals for one quarterly distribution.” Thus, to take the one example of statistics of the fourth quarter in 2015, as transmitted by the distribution company Edipresse and published by the CNP, the daily Fraternite Matin, only obtained a rate of 47,92% sales between October and December 2015, after having delivered a total of 1.056.181 copies. Fraternite Matin would have sold only 506.113 copies at this rate. In the same period, the daily Notre Voie obtained sales amounting to only 20,28% in order to sell 76.560 copies of the 322.521 printed. It is in this context of absent economic viability that the panel attracted attention to the field trip undertaken by 18 press bosses to France to exchange and share the experiences of their French counterparts. The members of the panel bemoaned the conditions of choice and the functioning of the FSDP. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 2.7 (2012 = 4.1, 2009 = 3.6) 2.7 All media fairly represent the voices of both women and men. Since May 2014, Côte d’Ivoire has had a Charter that calls for better representation of women in the programs and media establishments of the country. The Charter was adopted by the professional media organisations and the NGOs for human rights. Chapter 2 of the Charter is dedicated to the duties of the media with regards to the representation of women. According to Article 6 of this chapter, the media must engage itself to promote a balanced representation of women in the media and, notably, to accord a more significant and equitable editorial platform for information about and for women. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER Côte d’Ivoire 2016 87